MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 2 / MARCH 29-31, 2019
TERMAS DE RIO HONDO CIRCUIT / TERMAS DE RIO HONDO, ARGENTINA
P74
ing pressure from Vinales, once
again gaining speed in the latter
stages and pressing hard after
overtaking Morbidelli on lap 23.
On the last lap, the pair collided
and crashed out together.
too many laps."
Rins was just four tenths adrift
in fifth, lamenting his poor start-
ing position and better than a
second clear of Petrucci. But the
Italian had been relieved of grow-
Ducati), Franco Morbidelli (Petro-
nas Yamaha) and Danilo Petrucci
(Mission Winnow Ducati) to battle
for fourth, with fortunes chang-
ing frequently. Then soon after
half distance, they were joined by
Alex Rins's Ecstar Suzuki, after a
remarkable ride up from the sixth
row of the grid, after missing out
badly in qualifying.
Rins was gaining speed as
the laps wore on, and was up to
fourth with three laps to go. But
Miller was the strongest, and now
he proved the point. "There were
very intense battles with Petrux,
Morbidelli and those guys—enjoy-
able, but it cost me a little bit of
time. I could pass the other guys
like Rins, and I was catching Dovi
and Valentino—but it had taken
Valentino Rossi
shadows Dovi,
and this time it
was the old man
of MotoGP who
came out on top.
Things just aren't going to plan for
Jorge Lorenzo and Repsol Honda.
